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Sun Parakeet (Aratingasolstitialis)

Taxonomy

French:Conure soleilGerman:SonnensittichSpanish:Aratinga sol

Other common names:
Sun Conure

Taxonomy:

Psittacus solstitialis

Linnaeus

, 1758,

Guinea; error = Cayenne

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Sometimes treated as conspecific with A. jandaya and A. auricapillus, but probably better regarded as forming a species-group with these forms#R and also A. maculata. Possible intergradation with A. jandaya on lower Amazon (where range limits uncertain) may simply reflect age and individual variation. Monotypic.

Distribution:

N Brazil (NE Roraima) and W Guyana; a reported record from SE Venezuela now known to have been made inside Brazil.

Descriptive notes

30 cm. Like A. jandaya but with more orange-red on face, less on belly, where yellow extends to vent and thighs; yellow also extends onto back, rump, shoulder and... read more

Voice

A high-pitched, shrill, grating 'crrreek' typically given as double or triple notes, both... read more

Scientific classification

Class: Aves

Order: Psittaciformes

Family: Psittacidae

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Recent reappraisal of higher taxonomy of parrots#R proposed arrangement into three superfamilies, here treated as families (Strigopidae, Cacatuidae, Psittacidae); same study split Psittacidae, as here defined, into three families, with additional recognition of Psittrichasidae (Psittrichas to Coracopsis, below) and Psittaculidae (Psephotus to Micropsitta, below); in present work, separation of these families considered to require further study and perhaps additional support. In the past, present family was often split into two, with recognition of family Loriidae; at the other extreme, it was sometimes considered to include all Psittaciformes.

Subfamily: Arinae

Genus:Aratinga Spix, 1824

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Includes Nandayus; previously included also Eupsittula, Conuropsis, Guaruba and Psittacara.